2 KU defensive players leave program, but Heaps still on roster

Kansas officials have confirmed that two Jayhawk defensive players are no longer on the team’s roster.

The Kansas City Star reports that linebacker Samson Faifili and cornerback Brandon Hollomon are no longer with the program after being dropped from the team’s roster.

Faifili, a junior-college transfer from American River College in Sacramento, Calif., missed most of the 2014 season with an undisclosed injury. Hollomon was a junior-college transfer from Pierce College.

A KU football official confirmed to the Star that Faifili and Hollomon were removed from the roster, but had no official comment about the reason for their departures.

They Jayhawks have lost four players recently from their roster, including defensive lineman Ty McKinney and receiver Ish Hyman. And wide receiver Mark Thomas remains on indefinite suspense after his arrest in late March on charges of alleged sexual battery. That case is still under investigation.

Despite several recent reports that he was transferring, quarterback Jake Heaps remains on the roster.

Heaps lost his starting job to Montell Cozart at the end of spring practice, but remains on the team’s roster.